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Two nuns examine the floodwaters left behind by Storm Leonardo in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal

Two nuns examine the floodwaters left behind by Storm Leonardo in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal (Image credit: Patricia de Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty Images)

Christian Stoinev and his chihuahua, Scooby, perform during the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City (Image credit: Roy Rochlin / Westminster Kennel Club / Getty Images)

People walk across “pancake ice” formations in the Baltic Sea near Mikoszewo, Poland (Image credit: Sergei Gapon / AFP / Getty Images)

Police attempt to arrest a pro-opposition activist demonstrating against alleged election fraud in Kampala, Uganda (Image credit: Badru Katumba / AFP / Getty Images)

Molten slag flows from a container truck at a nickel processing site in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia (Image credit: Mast Irham / EPA / Shutterstock)

People celebrate as government security forces enter the city of Qamishli in Syria, following an agreement between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (Image credit: Khalil Ashawi / Reuters)

French artist Élise Vigneron performs in the Theatre de l’Entrouvert show ‘Anywhere’ during the Carthage International Puppet Arts Festival in Tunis, Tunisia (Image credit: Mohamed Messara / EPA / Shutterstock)

An aerial view shows thousands of toppled pine trees in Leiria National Forest in the wake of Storm Kristin, in Marinha Grande, Portugal (Image credit: Pedro Castanheira E Cunha / EPA / Shutterstock)

Rowers participate in a Māori waka ceremony as part of Waitangi Day celebrations, in Waitangi, New Zealand (Image credit: Ben Strang / AFP / Getty Images)

Washington Huskies center Franck Kepnang warms up before an NCAA college basketball game against the Iowa Hawkeyes in Seattle (Image credit: Maddy Grassy / AP Photo)

Smoke rises from the chimney of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power station during a flurry of power outages in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba (Image credit: Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo)

China’s Eileen Gu practices during a freestyle skiing slopestyle training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy (Image credit: Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo)

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